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November 12, 2009

Plight of The Poors (South Africa)

Earlier this week, I went Ashraf Cassiem’s talk (notes) at the University of Chicago about the Western Cape’s Anti-Eviction Campaign (South Africa), and the plight of the poor in the developing world… where the term “privatization” now has all the … Continue reading →

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May 31, 2009

Catching Up: March and April 2009

The trouble with this kind of endeavor is that when you fall behind, you tend to fall way behind! I’ll blame Sudhir Venkatesh’s “Off The Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor“ for getting me behind on this project.  … Continue reading →

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